Vitor Belfort has called for a fight against Logan Paul on the undercard of Jake Paul's upcoming boxing match against Nate Diaz.
Belfort, 46, has turned to professional boxing after a legendary UFC career in which he once captured the light-heavyweight title. 'The Phenom' knocked out boxing legend Evander Holyfield in a farcical exhibition fight two years ago and recently won a decision against Jacare Souza on the undercard of Roy Jones Jr vs Anthony Pettis earlier this month.
The Brazilian has been calling for fights against both Paul brothers for years and he pushed for a clash against Logan in a now-deleted Instagram post that read: “Dana White, tell your boy to man up and fight me. Let’s do your brother Jake vs. Nate Diaz’s co-main event. The winner fights the winner of our fight. Go get ready and fight me. I promise I won’t hurt you.”
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Logan hasn't fought since going eight rounds with Floyd Mayweather two years ago in a fight that sold over one million pay-per-views. The YouTuber feared his boxing career was over after breaking his hand in 2021, but is now keen on making his return to the ring and was linked to a fight against Diaz before his brother was booked to fight him.
Belfort has praised Jake for polishing up his skills as a pugilist and would be open to fighting him and Logan on the same night. The UFC legend is a similar size to Logan with both men weighing around the 200lb mark and Belfort wants to scrap the YouTuber in a hybrid-style boxing fight that would see them wearing MMA gloves.
"Logan Paul is a fight that I really like, but I think the Paul brothers have avoided me so much," Belfort told MMA Junkie. "I would love to fight one of them in MMA gloves if they think they are really fighters. They have been treated like they are fighters, people give them so much publicity. Even in boxing, Jake is coming off of a loss to Tommy Fury.
"If these guys are man enough to fight me, they will have to pay me a lot of money to fight me because I've proved that I deserve it. Logan Paul, come battle me if you're ever man enough. I can fight both of these guys in the same night if they want, we can do that and break pay-per-view records. That would be a good fight."
